Bio-Energy

The break of the third millennium coincided with important challenges for the energy sector. Among the issues of greatest interest are the increasing role of renewable energy resources, the reduction of energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, as well as the changes in lifestyle necessary to ensure an environmentally sound use of energy. Environmental concerns are gaining ground mostly on economic considerations, but above all, decision makers are now facing crucial long-term energy policy choices. It is one of the basic objectives of B.I.O. to sensitise experts in the field of energy to engage in research and development of alternative renewable and environmentally clean energy sources and to make the right policy choices for the future.

B.I.O. has published 6 chapters in volumes of proceedings from international conferences and 13 articles in BioNews on the subject of energy. Many energy specialists have been invited to speak at B.I.O. events, and B.I.O. also participated in the Scientific Committee of a major International Conference on Renewable Energy held in Bulgaria, in April 2005. A comprehensive chapter on “Bio-Energy” is published in Bio-Syllabus for European Environmental Education, an 880-page textbook available in print and electronically (CD-Rom). Based on this pioneering material is B.I.O.’s e-learning course on “Bio-Energy,” which will soon be available online as part of our e-learning programme in environmental education. Moreover, a training manual on Environmental and Energy Economics was prepared by B.I.O. the within the framework of the European Union’s Phare and Leonardo da Vinci Training Programmes. This educational material was used in vocational training activities in Europe and in EU accession countries.

References

E-LEARNING

An e-learning course on Energy has been developed and is currently being offered online through our website.

BIOPOLITICS – THE BIO-ENVIRONMENT – BIO-SYLLABUS
A. Vlavianos-Arvanitis. A model global bio-education promoted by the International University for the Bio-Environment, 1992– Bio-Energy
A. Vlavianos-Arvanitis

A New Strategy for the Public Power Corporation,” lecture by Professor Arthouros Zervos, Chief Executive Officer, Greek Public Power Corporation, jointly sponsored by the Biopolitics International Organisation and the Hellenic Chapter of the Club of Rome, Athens

2010

Main speaker at the 15th National Conference for “Energy & Development 2010” organized by the Institute of Energy for South East Europe (IENE), in Athens

Publications: Biopolicy: Bios as a guide for energy and development at the 15th National Conference for Energy, organized by the Institute of Energy for South East Europe (IENE), Athens, Greece

2009

Speaker at a conference on Financing and Investing in Climate Change- Renewable Energy, Environmental Resources Management and Energy Efficiency organised by Euroconvention with the presence of speakers from the business and financial world Copenhagen, Denmark.

Speaker at the Club of Rome Global Assembly on Climate, Energy and Economic Recovery, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Programme

Participation in the roundtable discussion on “Energy issues in south-eastern Europe,” organised by the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy and featuring the World Bank’s advisor on energy and the environment as keynote speaker, Athens

Keynote address at the International Congress and Exhibition on Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Sources, Sofia, Bulgaria

2005

Keynote address and participation in Scientific Committee, International Congress on Energy Efficiency and Renewable energy Sources in Industry and Construction, Plovdiv, Bulgaria

2001

Slovak participants from the TEMPUS Mobilities EU programme visit Greece to take part in a Biopolitics clean energy and environmental administration project in co-operation with the Regional Energy Centre of the Peloponnese and Action Link/Action Synergy SA

Slovak participants from the above mentioned seminars visit Greece to take part in a Biopolitics clean energy and environmental administration project in co-operation with the Regional Energy Centre of the Peloponnese within the framework of the TEMPUS Mobilities EU programme

Participation in the European Union “What energy options for Europe in 2020″ conference, Brussels

1996

Keynote address at the First Biopolitics “White Land” Chapter Conference on Scientific and Technological Bases for a Global Energy System, St. Petersburg, Russia. Programme

1994

Keynote address at the Fourth International Symposium on the World Energy System Development of Interconnected Power Systems, Budapest, Hungary. Programme

About Us

The Biopolitics International Organisation (B.I.O.) was founded in 1985, out of the urgent need to raise awareness of current environmental problems, and to accelerate the implementation of new and more effective approaches to safeguarding the earth for the generations to come.